Plant Quality Systems Leader

Step into a day leading quality at our plant

You start with the line walk: reviewing KPIs posted on the floor, chatting with operators about GMPs, and confirming yesterday’s corrective actions stuck. A customer call comes in—you quickly analyze production and quality data, judge product acceptability against specifications, and align on next steps. Before lunch, you lead a root-cause session on a nonconformance, then audit the implementation of corrective actions from last week’s complaint. Your afternoon shifts to supplier performance—closing a coating or mill material claim with timely, accurate documentation—before you partner with Commercial, Product Development, and Corporate Engineering to plan a new product trial. You wrap by balancing the HFI system, updating inventory and rework status, and finalizing a concise quality review for leadership.

What you will drive

• Ownership of plant quality systems: inspection and test methods, work instructions, procedures, product specifications, GMPs, Food Safety Compliance, and best practices.
• Continuous improvement initiatives across the plant to strengthen quality and efficiency.
• Strict adherence to the quality system and safeguarding of product integrity.
• Supplier continuous improvement programs and resolution of defective material claims (coating and mill).
• Disposition of finished product through analysis and interpretation of production/quality data relative to specifications.
• Primary external customer liaison to maintain strong relationships, resolve quality issues, and provide technical and quality support.
• Leadership of root cause analysis and corrective actions for customer complaints and internal quality nonconformances; audit the effectiveness of corrective actions.
• Cross-functional coordination with Commercial, Product Development, and Corporate Engineering for new business and product trials.
• Ensure plant adherence to SMA principles and procedures.
• Management of the HFI system including balance, disposition, re-work, and inventory levels.
• Verification that plant quality procedures are accurately and fully completed.
• Communication of quality objectives (KPIs) to floor personnel and development of processes to promote compliance.
• Education and coaching of department leads and supervisors in process quality improvement methods and GMPs.
• Preparation and submission of quality reviews to management.
• Support of special plant projects in partnership with Corporate Quality Assurance.
• Continuous communication and interaction with all Ardagh Metal Packaging plants.
• Close collaboration with Human Resources to address and resolve personnel issues.
• Direct supervision of plant personnel (scope may vary by location).
• Other responsibilities as assigned.

What you bring

• Strong analytical, computer, and communication skills; driven and energetic.
• Ability to solve complex problems beyond standard processes and to work effectively with all levels of personnel.

Education and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical or relevant discipline.
• Minimum 8 years in manufacturing, with at least 4 years in quality.
• Proven management and leadership aptitude.

Preferred qualifications

• Knowledge of Six Sigma Black Belt or Green Belt certification.
• Experience implementing improvement methods in can manufacturing.

Site-specific

• Experience managing self-directed work forces.

Proficiency areas

• Quality Inspection Experience
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• Food Safety and Quality Assurance (FSQA)
• Quality Control Experience

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and use hands to finger, handle, feel, talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and or move up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close and distance vision as well as color recognition.